Donald Trump currently maintains a favorable rating among voters in the deep blue state of New Jersey.
The Garden State has favored Democrats for almost four decades, having last voted in favor of a Republican in 1988. Trump is no exception, having only amassed around 41% of the vote in 2016 and 2020.
However, last year’s election proved to be his best yet in New Jersey, amassing 46% of the vote compared to Kamala Harris’ 52% – a surprisingly strong result meaning the election was actually closer in New Jersey than the swing state of Arizona.
Now, a new Emerson College poll now reveals a surge in favorability for the President – 48% of the polls respondents said they had a favorable view of Trump, compared to 46% who did not, for a net +2 favorable rating, something thought nearly impossible even weeks ago. A further 6% of voters had a neutral view of the President.
The poll comes amid a historically productive first week for Trump, signing executive orders declaring a national emergency at the border with Mexico, reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy, ending birthright citizenship, ending DEI, withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, making the U.S. officially only recognize two sexes, and literally hundreds more.
Many were upbeat by the President’s surge in the traditionally pro-Democrat state.
Other commentors piled on praise for conservative activist Scott Presler.
